# Quote — Ben Aaronovitch, Foxglove Summer

> Taking a statement from anyone can be a long process on account of the fact that your average member of the public wouldn’t know the truth if it donned a pink tutu and danced in front of them singing the Chicken Song.

- Author: [Ben Aaronovitch](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch.md)
- Book: [Foxglove Summer](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/foxglove-summer.md)
- Page: 204
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ben_Aaronovitch#Foxglove_Summer_(2014)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/foxglove-summer/taking-a-statement

## More from this book

> The Daily Mail had the scoop but the media had caught the smell of blood in the water and twenty-four-hour news outlets were running the bulletin every half an hour, with a teaser on the quarter in case your attention span was that short.

p. 251 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/foxglove-summer/the-daily-mail.md)

> I’ll say this for the Queen. She was brave—or possibly stupid. It’s easy to mistake the two.

p. 320 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/foxglove-summer/ill-say-this.md)

> I am a goddess, Peter, a creature of temperament and whimsy. I’m supposed to be arbitrary and mercurial—it’s practically my job description.

p. 147 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ben-aaronovitch/foxglove-summer/i-am-a-goddess.md)